>>51013428Unova was a quasi reboot. But some Unova mons were such obvious stand-ins for other mons that they may as well have just been regional variants.
Retards misattribute Hoenn as a soft reboot because you don't get to revisit Johto and you can't transfer your GSC mons. There's a handful of stand-in mons but Hoenn still has the staple mons Geodude, Zubat, Machop, etc so it's a stretch to lump it in with Unova.